Nigel Farage to snub US conservative conference brought to UK by Liz Truss

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Mar 31, 2026 · 485 words · By Helena Horton

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Nigel Farage will snub a major conference of US conservatives that is being brought to the UK by Liz Truss.

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What happened

Nigel Farage will snub a major conference of US conservatives that is being brought to the UK by Liz Truss.

Why it matters

The short-lived former prime minister, who was accused of crashing the economy, was chosen by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to lead a version of the event in the UK in July.

Common ground

She announced this on stage in Texas on Monday while next to Matt Schlapp, commentator and chair of the event, which in the US has hosted major figures including Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Tulsi Gabbard and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.

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Claim 1: “The short-lived former prime minister, who was accused of crashing the economy, was chosen by the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to lead a version of the event in the UK in July.”

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Wikipedia entries about Liz Truss's premiership and unrelated topics do not mention her selection as CPAC leader. No evidence supports this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 14 October 2022, British tabloid newspaper the Daily Star began a livestream of an iceberg lettuce next to a framed photograph of Liz Truss, who had been appointed prime minister of the United Kin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss_lettuce

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liz Truss's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 6 September 2022 when she accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Boris Johnson, and ended 4…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premiership_of_Liz_Truss

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Claim 2: “Truss has fallen foul of prominent conservatives recently because of her alleged behaviour on London’s social scene. She became persona non grata at top Tory haunt the exclusive members’ club 5 Hertford Street after irritating its owners by wandering the premises in search of members to poach for her own rival club just one street away, which asks ‘founding members’ for an eye-watering £500,000.”

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Claim 3: “Jacob Rees-Mogg, a prominent Conservative and former minister in Truss’s cabinet, is also understood to have no interest in making an appearance.”

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Claim 4: “‘We will be steering well clear of it,’ a Reform UK source said, dashing any hopes that Farage would attend.”

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Claim 5: “Nigel Farage will snub a major conference of US conservatives that is being brought to the UK by Liz Truss.”

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No evidence in provided sources confirms Nigel Farage's non-attendance at the UK CPAC event. Wikipedia entries only describe CPAC's U.S. context and Farage's political career, not the event's specifics.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC SEE-pak) is an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and officials from across the United States. CPAC is hosted by the Ame…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement for the office of the president of Donald Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee for the 2016 U.S. pr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964) is a British politician who is the Leader of Reform UK. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton since 2024. He was the leader of the UK Independence…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Farage

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Claim 6: “A spokesperson for Truss said of Reform and the Conservatives: ‘Both parties will be invited to attend.’”

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Claim 7: “She appears undeterred by this, and said: ‘What I’m now working on is how do we build the infrastructure. How do we build the equivalent of a a Maga movement – a Mega movement. Make England great again.’”

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Claim 8: “She will be hoping she can emulate the US success of CPAC, which was founded in 1974 and hosted Donald Trump in 2011, an appearance said to have kickstarted his popularity with the Republican party.”

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Claim 9: “Truss has boasted she will be ‘bringing together conservatives from all parties’ in order to save ‘woke’ Britain from ‘terminal decline’ for the event in London on 16-18 July, with tickets on sale from tomorrow.”

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Claim 10: “While Farage has attended the US CPAC in the past, he appears to have no intention of coming to Truss’s version. He has attempted to distance himself from the unpopular and short-lived prime minister, despite recently eating a discreet lunch with her in a private Mayfair club.”

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Claim 11: “Mainstream conservative figures in the UK seem wary to be associated with the Truss-led event.”

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Claim 12: “A spokesperson for Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative party, said she has ‘no plans’ to show up.”

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Claim 13: “A Reform spokesperson said at the time: ‘Liz Truss would not be welcome in Reform UK.’”

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Claim 14: “Photographs of the lunch posted on social media by Lois Perry, a former leader of the far-right Ukip party who is now the Europe director of the Heartland Institute, were swiftly deleted.”

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Claim 15: “She announced this on stage in Texas on Monday while next to Matt Schlapp, commentator and chair of the event, which in the US has hosted major figures including Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Tulsi Gabbard and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.”

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Wikipedia entries about U.S. conservative think tanks and CPAC do not reference Liz Truss announcing an event in Texas. No evidence supports this claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right think tank based in Washington, D.C., that researches governmen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Heartland Institute is an American conservative and libertarian 501(c)(3) nonprofit public policy think tank known for its rejection of both the scientific consensus on climate change and the nega…
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Claim 16: “The spokesperson declined to name any of the ‘major conservative figures’ who will be attending the conference and told the Guardian that names will be announced ‘in the coming weeks and months’.”

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